Flowering Judas

Flowering Judas

Jane Haddam �

Twelve years ago, Chester Morton disappeared from his hometown with barely a trace and was never heard from again. For the past twelve years, his mother has kept the search for her son alive��aying for a billboard overlooking the local community college, putting up fliers around town every week, hounding law enforcement agencies. Mrs. Morton�� determination has not only made Chester�� disappearance very high profile, it�� also been damaging to her marriage, her remaining children, and herself.

Now, long after everyone else has given up hope, Chester�� body is finally found��anging from the very billboard that has been advertising his disappearance. Chester�� corpse, however, is fresh��eaning that he had been alive, somewhere, until very recently. Under pressure and with limited resources, the local police turn to Gregor Demarkian, a former FBI agent and a frequent consultant, to find out once and for all what really happened all those years ago�地nd to unravel the truth buried within this very complex and tragic case.

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